Our Savior kneels down and gazes upon the darkest acts of our lives. But rather than recoil in horror, he reaches out in kindness and says, "I can clean that if you want." And from the basin of his grace, he scoops a palm full of mercy and washes away our sin.

Give your problems to Christ before your problems get to you.

The secret of loving is living loved.

I think there is, not in the sense that I enjoy it, but that it's an important question. It's the question, "Does the presence of pain mean God doesn't care? Does God not love me anymore?" I think that's a very common connection we tend to make.

I see that a lot in my own life and in the lives of others.Does the presence of pain mean the absence of God?

Jesus will empty the tombs and melt the winter of death.

In March 2011 I'm trying to decide on a sermon series that I will preach in January 2012. So, I'm about six months out.